Brain Cancer

Brain Cancer (also known as Primary Brain Cancer) is a disease of the brain in which Cancer cells arise in the brain tissue. Cancer cells grow to form a mass of Cancer tissue (tumour) that interferes with brain functions such as muscle control, sensation, memory, and other normal body functions.

Brain Metastases only develops if a person already has Cancer. The most common cancers that spread to the brain are:

Lung

Breast

Skin (Melanoma)

Kidney

Testicular

Colorectal

Lymphoma (Mainly Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma)

Leukemia

As of June 2017, there has been an estimated 3,000 new cases of Brain Cancer and an estimated 2,400 Brain Cancer deaths in Canada (Canadian Cancer Statistics, 2017).